Hi all,
Now that I have IPV6 connectivity using
Miredo I am trying to make sense of my test scores...
Here's my setup, results, and some food for thought...
Family desktop=Pentium 4 (2004 model), wired ethernet, debian squeeze, score=
10/10
Hobby desktop=Pentium3 (1999 model), wired ethernet, Mepis & Wary Puppy, score=
7/10
Both computers plug in to the same router and have the same configuration for my Internet connection including some fine-tuning in that I am using the same Google dns servers (instead of those provided by my ISP) because Google's dns servers are fast and IPV6 compliant. Not only that, the results also show that for Mepis and Wary Puppy, its default browsers (Firefox & SeaMonkey) prefer IPV6 addressing when given this option, whereas in debian, its default browser (IceWeasel -- which is really only a rebranded version of Firefox) apparently prefers IPV4 addressing when given a choice of connectivity. Does this make sense? Yet, my debian system scores
10/10
At first glance, I am tempted to think that it has something to do with the age difference of my two computers... yet, on the surface, this doesn't make much sense. I
get it that I still have IPV6 connectivity regardless, and that my test scores show
possible or
potential issues, and not an actual 30% difference in performance. However, my thoughts are that when the global community completes its
transition to IPV6 there
could be some real differences here that translate to the speed of my Internet connection.
Notably, the website at
http://test-ipv6.com/ does in fact provide some explanation for the results, and there is a
Contact to e-mail regarding further questions about the tests.
Soooo, being a "Curious George" here, I will contact that person and express my concerns. In the event that I get a reply, I will post an update here.
Monsie